evacuation efforts
Mass departure coordination
Evacuation efforts are the coordinated actions taken to move people out of a dangerous area—during hurricanes, wildfires, or other emergencies.
The phrase typically appears in news coverage: Evacuation efforts are underway as the storm approaches.
It emphasizes the organized, often large-scale nature of getting people to safety, involving emergency services, transportation, and shelters.
- rescueSave from harm
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
- shelterProtected place or structure
emergency shelter · disaster · flood · hurricane · airlift · refugees · mass exodus · exodus · escape · escape route · displaced · sirens · helicopters · buses · relief · crisis · urgency · last minute
evacuation effortssheltering in place
Staying home safely
lockdown · staying put · hunkering down · taking cover · influx
evacuation, evacuate, evacuated, evacuating, evacuee, evacuees, vacuum, vacuous, vacuity